As the world continues to learn more about coronavirus and its spread, it's vital to stay up-to-date on the latest developments. However, it's also important to make sure that the information being distributed is from credible sources. To that end, Between The Lines has compiled, [...]
Kalamazoo Gay and Lesbian Resource Center Appoints New Executive Director
BTL Staff Photo from the KGLRC KALAMAZOO - After a search that started in March, the KGLRC has chosen a new Executive Director to lead the center forward. Jay Maddock, the former Program Director [...]
California To Recognize All Same-Sex Marriages
BTL Staff Art by Damien Salas SACRAMENTO, CA - Governor Jerry Brow has signed legislation replacing the language in California state law that defines marriage as "between a man and a woman." The new [...]
Hobby Lobby Backlash
By BTL Staff The June 30 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the "Hobby Lobby" case has resulted in controversy. The 5 to 4 decision found that commercial employers may have religious exemptions from covering contraception [...]
Kent County Clerk Makes Deal With Gay Couple To Avoid Suit
By BTL Staff Grand Rapids, MI -- MLive recently reported that Kent County clerk and register of deeds, Mary Hollinrake, won't have to defend a federal lawsuit brought by a gay couple who said her [...]
Q&A: ‘G.B.F.’ Star Michael Willett On ‘Pressure’ To Go Less Gay, Fearing Fame
cut/ Photo: Kate Romero You know what's so fetch? A gay character who isn't merely a fashion-crazy, Broadway-worshipping sass master. A gay character who is more than simply an accessory. A true-to-life "Gay Best Friend." [...]
Q&A: ‘G.B.F.’ Star Michael Willett On ‘Pressure’ To Go Less Gay, Fearing Fame
cut/ Photo: Kate Romero You know what's so fetch? A gay character who isn't merely a fashion-crazy, Broadway-worshipping sass master. A gay character who is more than simply an accessory. A true-to-life "Gay Best Friend." [...]
‘G.B.F.’ Star Michael Willett Talks ‘Pressure’ To Go Less Gay, Fearing Fame
Photo: Kate Romero You know what's so fetch? A gay character who isn't merely a fashion-crazy, Broadway-worshipping sass master. A gay character who is more than simply an accessory. A true-to-life "Gay Best Friend." [...]
Results Show Children of LGBT Couples Doing Well In The Face Of Stigma
BTL STAFF AUSTRALIA - Children of same-sex attracted parents have above average health and wellbeing, according to University of Melbourne research published in the journal BMC Public Health. The study did warn that stigma was [...]
MI Aug. 5 Primary Could See Four Openly Gay Candidates Advance
From left candidates Rudy Serra (State Rep 27th District), Jon Hoadley(State Rep 60th District), Jeremy Moss (State Rep 35th District), and Garnet Lewis (State Senate 32nd District). Monday, July 7 is the last day [...]
LGBT History In Focus: July 4, 1966
Barbara Gittings picketing Independence Hall July 4, 1966. Photo taken by Kay Lahusen. Gay rights pioneer Barbara Gittings died of breast cancer on Feb. 18, 2007 at the age of 74. She spent all [...]
Q&A: Tori Amos On Inspiring ‘Frozen’ Hit & Why Gay Fans Relate To Her
"Lighting, sweetie, lighting!" is Tori Amos' theatrical retort to my compliment about how she's still looking as radiant as she did at the launch of her career just over three decades ago. Amos is now [...]
Wyoming Couples Ask State Court to Declare Ban on Same-Sex Marriage as Unconstitutional
BTL Staff CHEYENNE, WY - On July 1 the plaintiffs challenging the State of Wyoming's refusal to permit same-sex couples to marry asked a state district court to declare the ban on marriage equality as [...]
Burger King Announces New Gay Burger
By BTL Staff Burger King announced it will be selling "the Proud Whopper," a regular Whopper wrapped in rainbow paper. The wrapper reads "We are all the same inside." BK's Senior Vice President of Global [...]
Judge Strikes Down Kentucky Ban On Freedom To Marry
BTL Staff Photo by USA Today KENTUCKY- Republican-appointed federal judge ruled on July 1 that Kentucky's constitutional amendment banning same-sex couples from the freedom to marry is unconstitutional. U. S. District Judge John G. [...]
Shauna MacDonald Comes To Royal Oak
By BTL Staff Shauna MacDonald, director, producer and star of the LGBT film "Tru Love," will be in Royal Oak for a meet and greet on Wednesday. The 2013 film is about Tru, a 30-something [...]
Matt Barber On Hobby Lobby
America is a weird place. On the one hand, we have court after court giving the legal middle finger to anti-gay marriage laws across the land. On the other hand, we have a Supreme Court [...]
‘Book of Mormon’ Says ‘Hello’ (Again) To The Motor City
By Amy J. Parrent Trevon Davis of "The Book of Mormon." Photo: Courtesy, Broadway in Detroit "The Book of Mormon" makes another stop in Detroit this summer, part of a long tour for the [...]
Daily Speed Read: News You Should Know June 30, 2014
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service WHITE HOUSE PRIDE RECEPTION: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will host a Pride celebration at the White House this afternoon, an annual event in the Obama administration. [...]
Bill Proposed to Include LGBT Representation On National Veterans Advisory Committee
BTL Staff WASHINGTON, DC - A new Bill was introduced on June 26th, in the United States House of Representatives, suggests language to include LGBT representation on the National Veterans Advisory Committee. Congresswoman Suzan DelBene [...]
Daily Speed Read: News You Should Know June 30, 2014
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service WHITE HOUSE PRIDE RECEPTION: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will host a Pride celebration at the White House this afternoon, an annual event in the Obama administration. [...]
Hear Me Out: Lana Del Rey, Sam Smith
Lana Del Rey, 'Ultraviolence' The feigned public image adapted by Lizzy Grant (better known as Lana Del Rey) extends to the singer's latest album, "Ultraviolence," where her divisive commentaries on greed, danger and dying complement [...]
Daily Speed Read: News You Should Know June 30, 2014
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service WHITE HOUSE PRIDE RECEPTION: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will host a Pride celebration at the White House this afternoon, an annual event in the Obama administration. [...]
SCOTUS Takes Hobby Lobby’s Side On Birth Control
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service Some LGBT legal activists say today's decision in a U.S. Supreme Court religious exemption case amounts to a "dangerous and radical departure from existing law that creates far more [...]
Daily Speed Read: News You Should Know June 27, 2014
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service UTAH HEADING TO SUPREME COURT NEXT: Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes issued a statement late Wednesday saying his office intends to file a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court [...]
Suspect in Tiffany Edwards’ Murder Turns Himself In
BTL Staff Tiffany Edwards, Photo from WLWT-TV, Cincinnati OHIO - The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs mourns the 4th death of a transgender woman of color in June. Edit Quamar Edwards, suspect in Tiffany's [...]
Former Entertainment Weekly Writer Comes Out As Gay Christian On YouTube
Former Entertainment Weekly writer and YouTube amateur Grady Smith posted a video on his channel Thursday coming out as a gay Christian who chooses not to act on his sexual feelings. "I choose not to [...]
Former Entertainment Weekly Writer Comes Out As Gay Christian On YouTube
Former Entertainment Weekly writer and YouTube amateur Grady Smith posted a video on his channel Thursday coming out as a gay Christian who chooses not to act on his sexual feelings. "I choose not to [...]
Should We Say “I Do”?
by Michael Einheuser, Ph.B. J.D. The Legal Marriage Counselor Let's face it. When a loved one gets down on one knee, gives you a ring and asks for your hand in marriage, your response isn't [...]
Beach Bums
Summer is officially here, which means that it's time to slip into something a little lighter. So you can spend more time soakin' up the sun instead of scouring the Internet, I've compiled this list [...]
Kidnapped For Christ
BTL Staff LOS ANGELES - SHOWTIME presents a television premiere of "Kidnapped For Christ," the award-winning documentary chronicling the shocking truth behind Escuela Caribe, a "troubled teen" school run in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic. "They tied [...]
Orchard Lake Show Brings The Art To West Bloomfield
By Shelby Clark Petkus The 12th Annual Orchard Lake Fine Art Show, presented by HotWorks, comes to metro Detroit July 26-27. The weekend event has grown into one of the top 100 art shows in [...]
Housekeeper & Family Therapist
Across 1 Pole of your first mate? 5 Flat hat 10 Flat-bottomed boat 14 "Aida" solo 15 Wed in secret 16 Stage show with "Sodomy" 17 "___ Get a Witness" (Marvin Gaye) 18 Crossword hints [...]
A Tasty Theatrical Buffet At The Ringwald
By John Quinn Joe Hamid and Robbie Dwight play an updated and dirtier Abbott and Costello in Marty Shea's one-act play, "Who's On Dick?" Shea's play is one of eight Michigan playwrights chosen for this [...]
Cookin’ Up Fun For All Ages At The Hilberry
By John Quinn Jada Johnson, Samantha York, Garett Harris, Brad Smith, Madison Miller, Tayler Jones in "Stone Soup: A Wrap Opera" at the Hilberry Theatre. Photo: WSU Theatres "The thing is, see, I'm older [...]
‘Oz’ Could Use More Imagination
By Jenn McKee Danielle Wade as Dorothy, Jamie McKnight as Scarecrow, Lee MacDougall as Lion, Mike Jackson as Tin Man. Photo: Cylla Von Tiedemann Theater magic and movie magic are, intrinsically, very different animals [...]
Pride Corrupts In Powerful ‘Coriolanus’
By Judith Cookis Rubens Scott Lange and Chaz Bratton as Aufidius and Coriolanus in the Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company's production of "Coriolanus." Photo: Kat Hermes. Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company never seems to shy away [...]
Ensemble Cast Brings Strength To American Classic
By Bridgette M. Redman Adrianna Jones as Beneatha Younger, Darnell Benjamin as Walter Lee Younger, Gladys DeVane as Lena Younger, Sierra White as Ruth Younger, and Quinten Simonson as Travis Younger in HSRT's production of [...]
Strong Characters, Big Secrets In Appealing ‘Last Romance’
By Martin F. Kohn Will David Young and Franette Liebow in "The Last Romance." Photo: Sean Carter Photography) Much of "The Last Romance" takes place in a dog park, a setting that reflects the [...]
AGING: Living In The Spirit Of Now
AJ Trager Older Adult LGBT Coalition members and event volunteers Kat LaTosch, Cornelius Wilson and Judy Lewis. BTL photo: AJ Trager DETROIT - "Living in the spirit of now. What does that mean? Think [...]
Breaking The Aging Taboo
By Christopher J. Treacy When it comes to the topic of aging among gay men, the word "taboo" doesn't really do it justice. Gerascophobia is more like it, and seems more appropriate since it rolls [...]
New HIV Messaging Launches For National HIV Testing Day
BTL Staff LANSING - AIDS Service Organizations including Michigan AIDS Coalition, Wellness and Lansing Area AIDS Network, The Red Project, Between The Lines and community activists launched a new online social media campaign this week [...]
Benefit Held For Kevin Rogers
FERNDALE - More than 70 people came out Friday for a benefit variety show for Kevin Rogers at Drayton Avenue Presbyterian Church. The show, which featured folk tunes, Broadway and even opera, was followed by [...]
How American Public Schools Hurt LGBT Students: Cevin Soling Speaks Out
By Shelby Clark Petkus Cevin Soling, writer and director of the acclaimed documentary on the failures of the public school system in the United States called "The War On Kids," recently spoke with BTL. He [...]
6th Circuit To Hear Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky And Tennessee Cases Aug. 6
On March 27 couples in Michigan married in 4 counties until a stay was issued. Seen here are couples waiting to receive their official marriage licenses after Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown officiated in over [...]
Teen Charged In Motor City Pride Beating
DETROIT - A 16-year-old boy was charged last week in the June 8 beating of Christin Howard, which took place just outside Motor City Pride on the Detroit Riverwalk. The teenager, who is not being [...]
Holland Area Pride Coming Up June 28
By BTL Staff The live art of glass blowing, portraits, face painting and information from a kayak tour company are among the more than 40 booths that will be spread throughout Centennial Park, between River [...]
Supreme Court Decisions Move Equality Needle Forward
By Lisa Keen June 26 is the most historic date on the LGBT civil rights movement's calendar. It is the day in 2003 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states could not enforce laws [...]